Bolted bath-tub-foot fastener.



J. S. JOEE.-

BOLTED BATH TUB FOOT FASTE'NER.

APPLICATION FILED IUNE a, 1914.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

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BOLTED BATH-TUB-FUOT FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 8, 1914.

To all whom 2'2. may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN S. Jenn, a citizenof the United States, residing at Noblesville, in the county of Hamiltonand State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Bolted Bath- Tub-Foot Fasteners, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to means for positively securing detachable feetto bathtubs, stoves, and similar articles, and while applicable tovarious other articles it is particularly intended for bath-tubconstruction in order to remedy the defects attending the presentmethods.

The prevailing custom is to provide the feet with substantiallyhorizontal tongues which are slipped into over-hanging flanges and areheld by friction, with the result that the feet not being positivelyfastened become loose and detached at times, particularly where all fourof the feet do not rest evenly and solidly upon the floor. lhissometimes results in a tipping of the tub which breaks the pipeconnections and plumbing, thereby causing the premises to become floodedand damaged by water.

The object of this invention is to provide interlocking parts betweenthe tub and feet which are cast in tin shells at those portions whichare required to fit accurately in order to avoid the formation of bursand rough surfaces which require hand workfor their removal.

Another object of the invention is to provide screw means for drawingthe tapering portions of the tongue into close fit with the cooperatingparts of the tub. and to cast the nut in the desired and requiredposition, and also to cast the bolt-opening and bearing in the oppositemember so as not to require hand work in the preparation of the partsfor final assembly.

1 accomplish the above and other objects which will hereinafter appear,by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is an underside view of a fragment of a bath-tub sh owing afoot in horizontal section, said foot being attached to the tub by meansof my invention, the section and view being from the line 11 of Fig. 2.Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 22 of Fig. 1, through theentire foot. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figs. 1 and 2. Fig.4 is a view similar to Fig. 1

' Patented Apr, is, rare.

Serial No. 843,733.

of a modified form wherein the nut to receive the threaded bolt isloosely and removably held in a pocket formed to receive it in thetongue of the foot, and Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 55 ofFig. 1, through the foot and not showing any portion of the tub.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews of the drawings.

The bath-tub 6 is preferably made out of cast-iron of any usual andsuitable size and shape, and cast integrally therewith and dependingfrom the bottom thereof at those positions where the feet of the tub areto be attached is a U-shaped flange comprising the connecting member 7and stems 8. Each stem 8 is formed with an inwardly projecting lug 9,between which and the bottom of the tub 6 the tonguemember of the footis slidingly assembled.

The foot 10 is of any desired size and shape throughout its major orbody portion, but is formed at its upper end to make a close tit againstthe bottom of the tub, which bottom where the foot contacts ispreferably fiat and smooth. The foot is preferably hollow and its wallsare U-shaped in cross section, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, but with agreater spread between the stems of the U in order to admit and receivethe stems 8 of the flange on the tub, between them.

Cast integrally with the middle walls of the foot 10, at the upper endof the foot, is a tongue 11. The outer end of the tongue is slottedcentrally at 12, forming two end members between which a nut 13 is heldby said members. In practice, the nut 13, which is of wrought iron,is'secured by cast ing the metal of the two end members upon andpartially enveloping the nut, in the manner shown in Fig. 1. The tongueis reduced in thickness along each of its side edges to enable thetongue to be more easily inserted under the flanges 9, and the faces ofsaid reduced portions which are adjacent the lugs are oblique to formwedges, and steeper slopes are provided at the portions 14: to contactwith the lugs and force the feet against the bottom of the tub when thetongue is drawn in by the bolt.

Passing through a suitable opening in the connecting member 7 of theflange on the tub is a threaded bolt 16, which screws into the nut 13 inthe tongue 11 of the foot.

The opening through the connecting mem- "of, the bolt-opening. Thisbolt-opening ber 7 for the bolt is made considerably larger than thediameterof the bolt in order to afford sufficient lateral adjustmentofrthebolt in entering the nut which may not always be in register withthe center through the connecting member 7 and also the adjacent wallsof the flange will be shaped by the placingof a mold formed out p ofsheet tin 17 at the required place in the 7 cast, and the molten metalflowing into the tin'm'olda'sabove describedand a smooth "tlI1"mOld willbe given a smooth and accu rate finish by thellatter. No coring isrequired to make the hole with the aid of a and accurate casting whichrequires no after finishing is produced. The lugs 9 arecast in suitablyshaped tin molds placed in like'manner in the sand mold, before theironis poured and the lugs are perfectly formed so as not to requirehand-finishing for the removal of-burs and rough places.

In the modification shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the recessbetween the twomembers of the tongue is closed by a cross-member 20, having a bolt holethrough it. A pocket 21 is'formed betweenthe' two tongue memhereimmediately back of the member 20 to receive a threaded nut. The bolt 16in this form of my device passes through the open- .ing in theconnecting member 7 of the flange onthe tub and also through the member20 on the tongue, and into a nut in the pocket 21,;so that, by screwingup on the bolt 16 the tongue and foot'will be drawn toward theconnecting member 7 of the flange, the

.1 same as in the construction shown in Figs.

l-to 3 inclusive,previously described. The connecting member 20 and itsbolt hole are 7 While I have described my invention with more or lessminuteness as V regards details of construction and arrangement and asbemg embodled in certain precise forms, I do not-desire to be limitedthereto unduly or t I claim':.- sand mold before the body of the tubis 1. The combination with a body having a pair of adjacent recessedlugs, of a foot having an upper end fitting against the bot- -.tom ofthebody,said foot having a tongue with parallel edges the outer portionsof which make a looseslidingfit in the recesses of and between said pairof lugs, said edges having wedge-shaped inner portions 'to engage theoverhanging portions of said lugs and force the upper end of the footagainst the body, and means to move the foot longitudinally of thetongue totighten the oblique edges of the tongue under the overhangingportions of the lugs.

2. The combination with a body having a perforated flange and a pair ofadjacent recessed lugs, of a foot having an upper end fitting againstthe bottom of the body, said foot having a tongue with parallel edgesthe outer portions of which make a loose sliding fit in the recesses ofand between said pair of lugs, said edges having wedgeshaped innerportions to engage the overhanging portions of said lugs and force theupper end of the foot against the body, and a screwthreaded bolt passingthrough said perforated flange into a screwthreaded opening in the foot.

In witness whereof 'I have hereunto set my hand and seal atIndianapolis, Indiana, this 27th day of May, A. D. one thousand ninehundred and fourteen.

JOHN S. JOBE. '[L. 5.]

Witnesses:

J. A MlNTURN, I. L. LARSON'.

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